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Hollywood says it's hard to find tightly-written, story and action-driven scripts featuring actors of color but depicting a diverse cast. Well, look no further. Dead of Night has a franchise character with an international portfolio that does that and more.

So, who is John Roméo (Ro-may-o)? - John is a jet-setting, multi-millionaire former LAPD homicide wiz, author and philanthropist, producer, criminology professor with an international reputation.

Whenever the LAPD, or Scotland Yard, or other international agencies crash into roadblocks, they call Roméo. This story is just such a case.

Like Sparta Mississippi’s Chief Gillespie, in “In The Heat of The Night” starring Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs, the LAPD has got murders they can't solve. They don't want John Roméo (Ro-May-o), but they sure as hell need him. John Roméo has an eye for beauty and a nose for murder.

A serial killer with an elaborate m.o. and macabre sense of humor is loose in LA.

But this killer, who defies the FBI profile, is unlike any the LAPD has ever encountered. The victims are prominent, super-wealthy, married men—including a famous mega-evangelist and an Oscar-nominated movie director—involved in adulterous affairs. They and their lovers are found murdered by close range blasts from a .44 magnum.

Even jaded, veteran homicide cops are horrified by the brutality, intrigued by the killer.- Read script for more.